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This post is open to NHS Lanarkshire employees only.
The Role
- Professional and clinical lead for all nursing services, within area of responsibility and designated nursing profession specific lead (i.e. Public Health, Long-term Conditions, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nursing) as required across NHS Lanarkshire.
- Expert practitioner, providing professional leadership, support and advice within the multi-disciplinary team across NHS Lanarkshire to ensure high standards of nursing care.
- Lead the development and implementation of a programme of clinical audit and research activity within the context of clinical governance.
- Contribute to the development and operation of nursing/service strategy across NHS Lanarkshire: the major impact of which will be the increase in quality of patient care and service quality.
- Strengthen nursing contribution and professional decision making in the development of nursing and interagency partnerships.
- Ensure that National nursing policy and strategy is included in the planning and implementation of service redesign/modernisation including partnership agendas.
- Provide advice, support, and contribute to the education of staff, as appropriate, within a ward/ service.
- Will have line management responsibility when operating as senior manager on call or as part of an organisational delegated service responsibility.
NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
- Registered Nurse or midwife with valid NMC Registration
- Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
- Be able to demonstrate knowledge of NHS Scotland’s Leadership Qualities framework or equivalent framework
- Management knowledge gained through experience and continuous professional development
- Professional, leadership and managerial experience within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
- Extensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the health care agenda.
- Experience of assessing training needs
- Experience of resource management i.e. financial; human; capital
- Experience in service planning, project management and performance monitoring/reporting
- Knowledge and experience of needs assessment and analysis/interpretation of related data
- A proven track record in sound and effective leadership. Ability to think strategically, corporately and act as a team player
- A proven track record in developing innovative solutions in meeting organisational requirements and motivating staff to affect change
- A proven track record in developing teams/services and integrated solutions to complex and challenging problems
- Working knowledge of basic information technology
Contract type
Fixed Term or Secondment for 3 months
Full time
37.5 hours
Please note this is a fixed term post for 3 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in Mental Health Management Team within Netherton House.
Looking to find out more?
If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Marie Rooney, Associate Director Nursing Mental Health Learning Disabilities and Addictions, Mental Health on Marie.Rooney2@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Gemma Lowe, Recruitment Administrator on Gemma.Lowe@Lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee Counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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